German army starts training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Bavaria

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Defence & Security News - Germany

Monday, September
29, 2014 10:37 AM

German
army starts training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Bavaria

Germany's
army has started training 32 Kurdish peshmerga fighters at an army school
in Bavaria to support them in their fight against Islamic State extremists.
A spokesman for the German defense ministry said Sunday, September 28,
that the 32 Kurdish fighters would stay in Germany until October 3 to
receive weapons' training.

Germany plan calls for arming 10,000 Kurdish fighters

Germany
also began delivering arms to the Kurds in northern Iraq on Thursday,
dispatching a shipment of 50 hand-held anti-tank weapons, 520 G3 rifles
and 20 machine guns.

In
total, the German plan calls for arming 10,000 Kurdish fighters with some
70 million euros ($90 million) worth of equipment.

Germany
is also sending some 40 paratroopers to help train the fighters on the
weapons.